Hunahpu

"Hunahpu," she said, "let's leave aside the issue of what can and can't be proved.

Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996

Note for example the 'secular' Mayan ballgame inspired by the myth of the Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque.

Archive 2009-12-01 2009

Who in mythology was Hunahpu, what is Mictlan and Xibablba, and to what do they correspond in Land of the Dead?

On the Spot at BSC – Thomas Harlan interview 2009

In the Mayan epic Popol Vuh, Hunahpu and his brother take revenge on their murdered father by descending into Xibalba – the Mayan underworld – to contest with the dark gods dwelling there in the ceremonial and sacred ball-game the ullamaliztli.

On the Spot at BSC – Thomas Harlan interview 2009

After many trials, they succeed and Hunahpu ascends to become the Sun-God.

On the Spot at BSC – Thomas Harlan interview 2009

Note for example the 'secular' Mayan ballgame inspired by the myth of the Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque.

The myth of the secular 2009

To give just one example, in the Popol Vuh, the Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, face a series of five tests as part of the Maya creation myth.

The Hero Cycle in Maya Myth & Culture 2007

After all, the Maya Hero Twins -- Hunahpu and Xbalanque -- had outsmarted the Lords of Death on the ballcourt by replacing a severed-head ball with a squash, which broke apart on the Lords of Death.

Did you know? A sacred game 2004

After all, the Maya Hero Twins -- Hunahpu and Xbalanque -- had outsmarted the Lords of Death on the ballcourt by replacing a severed-head ball with a squash, which broke apart on the Lords of Death.

Did you know? A sacred game 2004

That thought had never occurred to Hunahpu -- that Kemal was predisposed to reject all speculations.

Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996